Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., was born in Philadelphia on July 30, 1942 and died on September 24, 2016. He was professor of philosophy at St. Michael’s College and the Department of Philosophy. He retired in 2013.
The Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy is pleased to welcome Distinguished Visitor Dr. Peter Adamson from the Munich School of Ancient Philosophy (MUSAΦ) .
The Society's 11th Annual Conference will be co-hosted by the University of Toronto and McMaster University in 2017. Speakers at this two-day conference will include Julia Jorati (Ohio State University), Stephen Puryear (North Carolina State University), Martha Bolton (Rutgers University), and more.
Guest speakers and U of T alumni Adam Harmer (UC Riverside), Owen Ware (UTM), and Anthony Bruno (McGill University) will answer questions about their experiences in the academic job market.
Prof. Rice's research areas focus on philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of mind, including cognitive science.
John M. Doris, Professor in the Philosophy–Neuroscience–Psychology Program and Philosophy Department, Washington University in St. Louis. Prof. Doris' work is at the intersection of cognitive science, philosophical ethics, and moral psychology.
Wurst's research interests are in early modern philosophy. The title and abstract of Wurst's talk will be posted shortly.
Join guest speaker Paul Thagard, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Waterloo, for a talk on creativity in humans and computers.
John Carriero is Professor in the UCLA Department of Philosophy. His areas of interest include early modern philosophy (esp. Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz). Among his publications is Between Two Worlds: A Reading of Descartes's Meditations (Princeton University Press, 2008).
Dr. Heide's research interests include Kant, early modern philosophy, normative ethics, applied ethics, and symbolic logic.
The UTM Philosophy Society and the Soc-Crim Society present a Halloween Games Social! Free food and beverages! Costumes Encouraged!
Thinking about Grad School? If you are interested in applying to graduate school in philosophy, come to our workshop and get information about requirements, application procedures and deadlines. You will also have a chance to talk to our panelists about any questions you might have. Our panelists include: Prof. Imogen ... Read More
No RSVP necessary; just show up! Noesis and the Philosophy Course Union are hosting a writing workshop with PhD candidate and Vanier Scholarship recipient Charles Dalrymple-Fraser.
Noēsi, editors will talk about what they look for when reviewing papers, and how to make sure your submission reflects those qualities. They'll also go over the technical aspects of submission, like formatting and citations.
In his talk, ‘Hegel’s account of thinking in his Logics’, Prof. Tolley will forumalate a critical assessment and partial defense of Hegel's theologized (rather than Kantian-transcendental) conception of logic.
In her talk, "Logical Disagreement", Prof. Hattiangadi investigates three approaches to the semantics of normative statements and judgments in application to logical disagreement, and argues that none of these semantic theories is able to provide an adequate account of what we disagree about when we disagree about logic.
